St. Paul's Lutheran church was organized the latter part of the sixties by families including the Wertzes, Stines, Lamberts and Niebels. Rev. D. A. Kuhn was a prominent pastor of this church.
Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana, by Edward H. Chadwick, B.A., assisted by
well known local talent, B.F. Bowen & Co, Publishers: Indianapolis, IN, 1909, page 162.
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Lutherans. ---- [The first paragraph is about St. George's.-pmf]
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, at Mt. Auburn, was organized in the latter part of the sixties, with the following families most prominent: Wertzes, Stines, Lamberts and Niebels. The first and only church bulding used by the congregation was bought of the Methodists, remodeled, and is now valued at $1,500. There are now about eighty active members in the church. The ministers who have served are the same as above mentioned [see paragraph on St. George's]. The present pastor is Rev. D. A. Kuhn.
[The next paragraph is about the Separate Baptists-pmf] History of Shelby County, Indiana, Brant & Fuller, 1887, page 399.
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